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I can't remember what those pyramid-shaped things are (mom's note: Samosas) but I'll miss those too. Especially those pies with all kinds of tasty things in them. I will miss all of the English-type food that I have been eating since Papua New Guinea. The next morning I got some last provisions, did a radio interview at Saint FM, and went down to the waterfront with Mike, Bernice, Josh and Pete. I said some good byes and went back to Josh and Pete's and crashed for the night.

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We went ashore for what I hoped would be my last night on the island and watched a movie at Ed's house with a bunch of my Saint friends. We finally got it all together right as the sun was going down. Josh and I wrestled it back into place with me in the water and Josh balancing off the back of the boat trying to get everything lined up right. I finally got it back together and carried the thing down the street back to the ferry. In the end I used liquid soap (no grease allowed) to hold them in place. It is a bit of a tricky job trying to get 18 tiny bearings to stay in place.

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Having the manual was like having all the missing links. I had been piecing together Facebook messages and parts of the manual without diagrams for the past few days. I got the plastic bearings and a hard copy of the Monitor manual complete with diagrams all in one place from Natasza and went to work. Pete and I had managed to pull the whole windvane off of the back of Intrepid, load it on to the ferry boat and bring it back to the radio station at Saint FM to make it easier to work on. Getting back into the groove and feeling pretty good today.įriday was the big day. I've seen a few ships today all of them heading south. That was definitely better than being becalmed for days or weeks.

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When I crossed the equator last time in the Pacific I was sailing along at 7 knots in a full on squall. Not a place you want to spend a lot of time on a sailboat In fact, sailors call the area the doldrums. The sun is so intense here that there is hardly any wind to move the boat - it just goes straight up! It rains a lot and is constantly hot and humid. This is the area near the equator, from about 5° north and 5° south, where the northeast trade winds and southeast trade winds converge in a low pressure zone. Meteorologist, David Morris, is keeping an eye in the ITCZ, Inter tropical Convergence Zone, to find the narrowest place for me to cross this crazy area. She is headed to Brazil though and should be on a different course. My mom is trying to reach her via email to see what the problem is and if hooking up somehow could be helpful. I was disappointed to hear of Natasza's autopilot problem. I am missing a new cable that dad brought me in Cape Town. I am also trying to get my email up and running. I've been working on my book and have a few chapters finished already. I spent time today stowing and reorganizing my things which is kind of a daily job out here. The swell is pretty small so I'm loving it and making good time as well. Latest Position: 03/30/09 1421Z 14 04.961S 008 51.178WĪll is well here with a steady 12 knots apparent running dead-down-wind with the sails set wing-on-wing.

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